The indictment
was issued
by a federal
grand
jury on
Wednesday,
June 20,
2007.
According
to the
investigation,
Merced-Rusk
maintained
a clandestine
conversion
laboratory
in a residence,
he had
leased in
the Municipality
of Vega
Baja.
At the residence,
he would
manufacture
and mislabel
anabolic
steroids,
including
testosterone,
stanozolol,
boldenone,
and nadrolone.
The investigation
revealed
that Merced-Rusk
sold the
anabolic
steroids
he manufactured
and labeled,
under
the drug
names of
Winstrol
Depot,
Winstrol
Aqua Depot
and Winstrol-V.

The money
laundering
charges
state
that defendant
Merced
Rusk, used
money in
excess of
ten thousand
dollars,
derived
from unlawful
activity,
to gamble
at the
casino located
at the
Marriott
Stellaris
Resort
and Casino.

The
Police
of Puerto
Rico, the
Puerto Rico
Mental Health
and Anti
Addiction
Services
Administration
and the
Puerto Rico
Justice’s
Department
Special
Investigations
Bureau assisted
in the investigation.
The defendant
is presumed
innocent
and is entitled
to a fair
trial and
the government
has the
burden of
proving
guilt beyond
a reasonable
doubt.

The
case is
being
prosecuted
by Assistant
United
States Attorney
Timothy
Henwood.